Hollywood Station (2006) by Joseph - Hollywood Station 01 Wambaugh

Author:Joseph - Hollywood Station 01 Wambaugh [Wambaugh, Joseph - Hollywood Station 01]
Format: mobi
Published: 2010-12-23T23:20:54.656000+00:00

Chapter ELEVEN

EARLY THAT MORNING Mag Takara underwent surgery at Cedars-Sinai to reconstruct facial bones, with more surgeries to follow, the immediate concern being to save the vision in her left eye. After being booked into the prison ward at USCMC, the pimp, Reginald Clinton Walker, also went under the knife, to have his ruptured spleen removed. Walker would be charged with felony assault because of the great bodily injury suffered by Officer Takara, but of course the serious charge of felony assault on a police officer could not be alleged in this case.

There wasn't a cop on the midwatch who didn't think that the felony assault and the pimping allegation wouldn't be the subject of plea bargain negotiations, but both the area captain and the patrol captain vowed that they'd do all they could to keep the DA onboard for a vigorous felony prosecution. However, a caveat was added, because as soon as Walker filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against the LAPD and the city for having his spleen destroyed, who could say what the outcome would be?

That afternoon, an hour before midwatch roll call, the floor nurse at Cedars saw a tall man in T-shirt and jeans with a dark suntan and bleached streaky hair enter the ward, carrying an enormous bouquet of red and yellow roses. Sitting outside the room of Officer Mag Takara were her mother, father, and two younger sisters, who were crying.

The nurse said, "Are those for Officer Takara, by chance?"

"Yeah."

"I thought so," she said. "You're the fourth. But she can't see anybody today except immediate family. They're waiting outside her room for her to have her dressing changed. You can talk to them if you like."

"I don't wanna bother them," he said.

"The flowers are beautiful. Do you want me to take them?"

"Sure," he said. "Just put them in her room when you get a chance."

"Is there a card?"

"I forgot," he said. "No, no card."

"Shall I tell her who brought them?"

"Just tell her . . . tell her that when she's feeling better, she should have her family take her to the beach."

"The beach?"

"Yeah. The ocean is a great healer. You can tell her that if you want."

At midwatch roll call the lieutenant was present, along with three sergeants, including the Oracle. He got the job of explaining what had happened and having it make sense, as though that were possible. The cops were demoralized by the events on Sunset Boulevard the night before, and they were angry, and all the supervisors knew it.

When he was asked to be the one to talk about it, the Oracle said to the lieutenant, "In his memoir, T. E. Lawrence of Arabia said old and wise means tired and disappointed. He didn't live long enough to know how right he was."

At 5:30 P. M. the Oracle, sitting next to the lieutenant, popped a couple of antacid tablets and said to the assembly of cops in the roll-call room, "The latest report is that Mag is resting and alert. There

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